Janardhana Swamy

Janardhana Swamy is a member of the Parliament of India.He has been elected to 15th Lok Sabha in 2009 and he represents Chitradurga, a parliamentary constituency in Karnataka state.

He holds the Bachelor's Degree in Engineering (Instrumentation Technology ) from UBDT Engineering College, Davanagere and Master's Degree in Engineering(Electrical Communication Engineering) from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. On 26 November 2009, he was named a member of the Council of Indian Institutes of Technologies (IIT).

Having done his education in Kannada medium until tenth class, and then a master's degree in engineering from IISc, he went on to work in the America's Silicon Valley - the world’s most reputed center for technology, engineering and innovation.

He designed and illustrated cover pages for several books and publications; Published engineering articles in IEEE, IETE, CDC publications. He won first prize in national and state level inter-collegiate cartoon competitions and published cartoons in state, national and international publications and newspapers in India. He also served as a Chief Editor to a Kannada magazine in California for 2005.